Mattias Janmark's goal 3:49 into overtime gave the Dallas Stars a 3-2 win against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. Tyler Seguin took the original shot that was stopped by Predators goaltender Carter Hutton. Seguin was able to get the puck over to Janmark, who put it into an empty net for his 12th goal. With the absence of Jason Spezza, who has been out the past five games with an upper-body injury, Janmark has been playing center. He has been productive, with three points in his past two games. Dallas won their fourth straight game and improved to 17-8-5 on the road.
Craig Smith gave the Predators a 1-0 lead at 11:32 of the first period on a wrist shot from near the Stars goal. Defenseman Mattias Ekholm took the original shot from the point, and Stars goaltender Antti Niemi was unable to glove the puck cleanly. Smith scored on the rebound for his 12th goal. Cody Eakin scored shorthanded to make it 1-1 at 5:42 of the second period on a one-timer. Jamie Benn made the pass on the rush, and Eakin one-timed the puck past Hutton for his 11th goal. Eakin left the game on Saturday, a 4-3 win against the Washington Capitals, with an undisclosed injury.
Ales Hemsky gave the Stars a 2-1 lead at 6:59 of the second period. Hemsky got the puck around Predators defenseman Anthony Bitetto and was able to lift the puck over Hutton for his seventh goal.
Predators forward Filip Forsberg tied the game 2-2 at 16:18 of the second period on a one-timer from the slot. Smith chipped the puck behind the net, retrieved it and made the pass to Forsberg, who shot it past Niemi for his 19th goal. Antoine Roussel fought Predators captain Shea Weber in the second period, which impressed his teammates. Niemi made 24 saves; Hutton made 29 saves.
Stars Quotes
Mattias Janmark: "We got a transition game there. I think a couple of guys on their bench fell so we got a 3-on-1, and then I just tried to stick with it. Seguin made a good pass.""It's my natural position. I've been playing there a lot. I like playing with Spezza too, but of course when a guy like that is gone, a few guys have to step up, and you want to try and do that."
Lindy Ruff: "It was a hell of a hockey game. I thought they had the edge in the first, and I thought we responded well in the second. I thought Hutton made some great saves. I thought we might be able to put them away or separate, but he came up with a couple of huge saves in the third. I thought defensively we really played a solid third and had some good opportunities."
"They needed two points and we wanted to keep rolling. I thought it was a heck of a hockey game. It was who was going to finish or which goalie was going to give in a little bit, and neither one wanted to give in. You've got to give Hutton a lot of credit because he stood tall there when we had some pressure on in the last 10 minutes."
Cody Eakin: "I felt better today. A little bit looser and moving a little bit better and had my strength with me. It was good to feel that way. It's definitely not [easy]. [Roussel] is a hard-nosed player and went to the net, does what he did and Weber didn't really like that. [Roussel] stood up to the challenge and did real well against a guy that's got about 40 pounds on him."
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